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F. W. WOOD. INDIGATING SYSTEM FOR 'IURRETS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 8, 1910.

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FRANK w. woos, on- NEW YORK, N. ,Y.,'

ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

CHARLES CORY 85 SUN, INQ, OF YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK- INDIGATING SYSTEM FOR TURRE'IS.

S pecification of Letters Patent. Patented App, 28, 1914,

Application filed August $1910. Serial No. 576,257.

To all whom it may, concern: Beitknown that I, FRANK W. Wool), a min- York, in'the: county ofNew. York and State of New York, have invented new' and useful Improvements in Indicating Systems for Turrets, of which the-following is a specification.

My invention consists of a position indicatingsystemfor turrets and has particular relation to a system in which angular position of two or more adjacent turrets is told in each turret. While having the deli nite relation, and adaptatio'n stated, however,

my, invention is capable of use in connection with other systems in whole or in part, and also in other situations. V

In operating'battle ships, it is Verydo sirable that the guns of the turrets be not I trainedangularly toward each other within certain'limits. Damage frequently results "when this precautionis not'observed and may be due either to shock of the firing or to'a shot from one gun striking the muzzle of another, in an adjacent turret. The guns-in each turret being angular-1y movable with the turrets themselves, there are many'angular positions in which eachgun' may be aimed, outside of the danger'zone of guns in an adjacent turret, if the gunner has accurate knowledge of the angular positions of the guns last mentioned. VVhen a gun in one turret is in a certain angular position, a gun; in an adjacent turret can be trained to a position which it should not usually occupy, or in which it ordinarily could not fire, if the first gun was in a'p0-- sition angularly nearer toward it. The operating range, therefore, of the-guns in each turret to some extent directly dependent upon the position in which guns in the other turret are aimed.

Systems have heretofore been designed to facilitate the aiming of the guns in adjacent turrets without danger. Some of thes systems,- with which I am acquainted, give a warning signal when the danger zone,

either horizontally or vertically, is reached by one. gun as respects another in an adacent turret. According to my. invent on I provide means whereby an actual indication ogt the angularpos t on of one turret with respect to another turret next ad acent 1s givem at all times while the turrets are being operated. If due heed is given to these indications, the guns of adjacent turrets may be operated Without being aimed .into danger zones of each other, and the danger above mentioned is thus avoided. Moreover, in my system, as the operators in each turret have at all times accurateinformation 'asi to the extent of the firing range of their guns, the

latter may be trained definitely and at once to certain desired positions, and time lost by the old Warning signal system saved. That these features are most important and .most advantageous toa ship in action will be readily apparent. -My purpose is to incorporate these. features in a simple system, which is inexpensive to install and at the same tnne reliable, efiicient and durable un-.

.der the most severe conditions of service.

In the accomplishment of myin'vention I make use ofone or more receivers in each turret, each recelver serving as a position ret other than that in which it is located, and a transmitter in each turret operated by the rotary movement thereof, t0 an extent proportionate to such movement. Connections from the transmitters to the receivers, cause indications of positions of each adjacent turret to be given by the receiver or receivers in the others. These indications are supplemented by indications in each turret as to its own position. I make use of combined indicating instruments, the indicating dials o1"fields being so disposed with respect to each other-that the relative angularposition of the turrets can be seen at a glance. Further I form the pointers of a shape related to that 0t the turrets and guns projecting from indicator for disclosing the position of a tu1- them, and give each of these pointers a norarate: "Thatis tasay twooflthe turrets of one group are in mutual COmmUTHCEItIOJ'I group connnunicates mutually with each of the other two turrets of the same group, but the two turrets last mentioned have no communicatimi with each other, or with either turrct oi the two turret-group. This arrangrcment of the groups and relative communicatiou oi the turrets thereof in conformity with the customarypositioning and adaptability for use of turrets as employed in practice.

the accompanying drawings I show a specific embodiment of my invention;

Figure l is a diagran'p'natic illustration of the system applied to two adjacent turret's. Fig. 2 is a central transverse section of one of the combined receiving instruments which I use. Fig. 3 is another section through the same, with the front dials and cover removed. Fin. i is a plan view of the same with the cover and dials in place. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a transmitter with the front cover removed to show the inside parts. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional elevation ol. the same, showing a connection box attached thereto. Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation of a turret and a. barbette, showing the manner of connection of the combined indicating instrument; 8 is a diagrammatic. illustration of the system applied to three adjacent turrets, and F ig. 9 is a plan view with parts broken away showing a coinbinational receiver. for the'central turret of the three turret system.

lVhile the wiring of the three turret system is more elaborate than that 'of the twoturret system, I find it convenient to use in both systems a single'form 'of electrical transmitting switch, hereinafter called an electrical transmitter, and shown more particularly in Figs. 5 and 6. The contact mechanism of this switch is adapted for either system by merely connecting all of it up for the three-turret system, or leawng portions of it disconnected and therefore 'idle if the two-turret system is the one to be used. and making slight changes in the relative positions of various contactsectors.

I will first describe the two-turret system, shown in Fig. 1. t

The instruments at A, at the right of the figure, are located in one turret, while the instruments A. on the left hand side of the diagram are those in an adjacent turret. An electric transmitter z? in turret A is connected by conductors c to a receiver 1* in turret A. A like transmitter t in turret A is connected by wires with a receiver r in turret A. The transmitters are in the form of rotary switches suitably geared to the turret or to the barbette. In Fig 7 a gear connection is shown from a transmitter t to a rack L- on the barbette of a turret. lVith the parts thus arranged, when the turchanical transmitter in.

newness ret is rotated its rotary switch is given an angular movement directly proportional to the angular movement of the turret.

The receivers are in the form of step by step motors which are provided. with movable pointers. As here shown, the motors of the I'QCQl'iGI'S each consist of fifteen field magnets, g, it, 6 one terminal of each magnet being comuaczted tonne of the conductors c, a, 0 while the other terminal is connected to an omnibus ring n.

The contacts of the transmitters are soarrangrcd with respect to each other, and are of such an extent; that they energize the magnets of the motors three at a time, one at one end of a diameter and two at the other end, to give the arn'iaturc a of the motor thirty definite positions as hereinafter described. Power is supplied to these instruments from a suitable source Located in each turret ai'nl so connected as to be moved by the turret in the same mannc' as are the rotary transmitters (see Fig. 7) is a meof these mechanicalv indicators, designated ill and M respectively, and actuated by two shafts which connect them respectively with the centers of th'e mechanical switches. These shafts are shown in full lines as broken away, and in dotted lines as leading to the transmitters.

The mechanical and electrical receivers r and ill. and 1" and M, I have for convenience combined into a single instrument in order to secure adaptability of use ,and accuracy of indications.-- The combinedinstrument of this embodiment I have shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. "The main casing of the instrument is shown at 10, m being its mechanical construction and 7 the electrical mechanism. A cover member 12 secured to the casing 11 by screws 13 carries two bevelcd glass dials 14 secured in place by plates 15 on the undersideof the cover. The opcratingshaft for the mechanical indicator is designated 16 and extends through a bearing 17. and carries a bevel gear 18. Meshing with this bevel gear is a second bevel gear 19 which is mounted on a short vertical shaft or spindle 20, journaled in bearings 21 and 22 of a bracket 23, and also j'ournaled in a bearing 24; in a wide bracket 25 straddling the space above the bracket 23. This bracket is securedat its opposite ends to a shelf 26 at one end of the casing,

and a frame about the middle of the casing. I At-its upper end the shaft 20 is provided with a pointer EFT-shaped, as shown in Fi 4. approximately in the same form as the turret in which it is mounted, and its guns. A suitable scale is graved upon the beveled glass 14, or upon the plates 28 beneath it and over which the pointer moves, and the point of the pointer is sharpened for accurate indication on the scale. Thus the In Fig. 1 are two I pointer is given an angular movement directly proportional to the angular movement of the turret, and if the pointer is set in the proper normal position With respect to the normal position of the turret, accurate imlications of the angular position of the turret are given by the pointer as it is moved over the scale.

The electrical receiver or indicator ithin the casing comprises a field frame 2-9. on which are fifteen magnets projecting radially inward as shown in Fig. 3, they being tied together at their inner ends by a band of metal 30. It is this frame 29 on which the inner end of the bracket 25 rests, the

' lramc being provided with an overhanging inwardly extending port-ion 31. i A

bracket of similar siyc and shape to the bracket 25 straddles this frame portion 31; and is secured thereto by suitable'screws. .l'ournalcd in this bracket and in the bottom of the casing in a bearing plate 33 is a spindle 34-. which carries the armature a of the motor. Between the bracket and the armature on the spindle 34 are two slip rings 35 and 36 insulated from each other and from the spindle. Spiral springs 37 secured one to each of these rings lead in opposite directions to t'WO binding posts 38, to which connections are made from'a source of power for energizing the armature a.' Disks of insulating material 39,- carried by the spindle. sepzirate'the springs from each other in order that short circuits at this point may be prevented. A pinion 40 on this spindle meshes with a. pinion 4-1 on a short spindle .42, the latter being journaled in bracket 32 and'an arm lasecured to the underside thereof. The spindle 4-2 projects above the bracket 32, and carries an indicating pointer 4 lsimilar in all respects to the pointer 27. as'shown in Figs, 2 and fl. This pointcr l l is arranged to bear the same angular relation to the adjacent turret as that of the pointer 27 to the position of the turret in which the indicator is located. Connections are made by. cable from the transmitter in the other turret to panels 46 located on opposite sides of the spindle 20 of the nu chanica'l indicator. and in the space belou the bracket :25. From these panels a number leads are run to. the respective magnets of the motor of the receiver.

The transmitter shown in Figs, 5 and 6 comprises a casing 47, substantially cylin drical in shape,-and in which ismonntcd concentrically a. cylindrical supporting member 48 of insulating material which carries on its inner surface, and embedded therein. metallic segmental contact strips.

J'ournaled in this casing is .a. transverse shaft 50, which carriesa contact arm 52ndjustably mounted thereon. This contact arm carries a munber of bm sheg in this instance tn'cl've. and designated as l9, 459*, 459

.loca'ted in any other turret. That is to say,

when the transmitter is used in any turret except the middle turret of the three-turret system the brushes 49 49*, 49 49, and 49", and the rings made up of sectors 25 t, t, 75 and t are simply left disconnected from all wiring and thus left altogether idle. For this reason they are omitted from Fig. l, and also from the right and left of Fig. 8. The brushes 49, .92 49", 49 49 and 49 are metallically connected together and may therefore be considered for some purposes as .asingle brush. Similarly the brushes 49, MP and 49* are connected with each other, as also are the brushes 49 49? and 49 There are thus three distinct groups of brushes separated .by annular members 53 54 0f insulating material.

Binding posts -55 are connected with the various sectors. and are used or not as occasion requires, depending upon whether the particular sectors are to be connected or not, as above described, With' the Wiring.

A panel connection box'is sweated' tothe. bottom of the cylindrical casing, and a pair of conduits 57, for cables 'eadto this box. Leads from the several panels extend to the binding posts. A cover 58, making a W2t-t61'- tight joint Within the casing, is readily rei moved for the purpose of attaching and detaching connections. as Well as for adjust ing the contact arm 52.

The contact arm .52 of each electrical 110 transmitter has a rotary or angular movement corresponding to that of the turret in which if, .islocated and whereby it is actuated, in like manner as the indicating pointer of themechanical receiver located 115 in, and actuated by, the same turret. The range of movement is in each case the same, and is preferably 290 degrees; that f, 14'?) degrees each Way from anormal sition, as may be understood from Figs. This range of movement approximates the angular range usually 'allo" d for turning a turret. The armature of the electrically operated receiver has however; a. slightly Wider range of movement. and can describe a complete circle, but the gearing between each armature shaft and the indicating pointer 44 associated with it '(see Fig. 2lis so arranged as to cof'mpensatc for the differ eiice in angular nave; Therefore, regard-1 l y Z/and 4-. 120

less of the extent of rotation of the armature, the indicating pointer of the electrical receiver has an angular travel coinciding exactly with that of the turret controlling it, as above stated. Rotation of a turret has, therefore, two etl'ects. in actuating the mechanical transmitter, it causes the mechani cal receiver, located in the same turret, to indicate to the operator the position of his own turret relatively to the center line of the ship. In actuating the electric transmitter of this turret, so as to cause the contact arm of the electric transmitter of the same turret to turn angularly, the electric receiver of the mating turret is energized, and makes an indication showing the angular pa 'ition of the actuating turret.

The wiring and various electrical connections of the two-turret system are shown diagrammatically in Fig. l. [is most' of the wires and contact sectors here shown are practically duplicated, I will describe in detail only a sufficient number of them to rendcr'clear the operation of the system in question. The right-hand portion of Fig. 1 represents the electrical equipment of one turret, the left-hand portion representing that of the mating turret of the same systern. For convenience I designate these two turrets as turret A and turret A.

The stationary contact members, or seetors, of the two electric transmitters .75, t. are alike for both of these transmitters.

The various sectors are stationary and as a.

rule insulated from each other. They are grouped into the proximate form of muti= latcd rings. the diameters of which are equal, as indicated in Fig. 6. v The apparent dill'crcnccs in the diameters of these rings,

usillustrated in Fig. l, are hdopted merely for convenience in indicating diagrammatically the various relative positions of the sectors.

Two sectors T1 are connected together by a short wire i and constitute a contact member which for convenience I designate as the positive ring. It is located near the middle of the casi. according to Fig. 6.

Next to thepositive ring is a sector i made in a single piece but otherwise having a form similar to that of the positive ring. Next are a large number of comparatively shortsectors if, 25, t and t grouped into the form of a number of mutilated rings. The last ring is made of two sectors t connected by a wire t and conveniently desig noted as the negative ring. A wire i extends from one of the sectors t to one of the adjacent sectors 6, and a wire 6 similarly extends from one of the sectors t to one of the sectors 25 The various wires 0, c, c and othersof' the same series are sev'erallydn connection with each of two sectors. ,uFor instance the two wires 0" are connected wlth two wires '0, w, the latter loading, respectively, to two of the sectors Z Z The two wires 0 are also in metallic con'imunication with two ofthe sectors 25, as will be-understood from Fig. 1. s

The dynamo S, located upon any convenient pa t of the ship, is used for supplying current for the system. A pair of bus bars, positive and negative, are connected with thls dynamo, and with a two-blade hand switch S. A wire 5 leads from the left blade of the switch to the positive ring.

therefrom to the turret A at the right, and is there connected to the sector of the transmitter 29.

The operation of the system shown in Fig. 1 is as follows: The turret A, located at the right side of the figure, is turned for the purpose of training the gun or guns located within it. -A's elsewhere explained, this rota tion 'of the turret in question actuates the mechanical transmitter, and the latter actuatcs the mechanical receiver or indicator in the same turret, so that the operator thereof is apprised of the position of his own turret, relatively to the center line of the ship The rotation'of the turret in question also :auses the contact arm 52 of the electrical transmitter of this turret to turn or swing angularly upon its axis of rotation and to assume, I will sav, the position indicated at the right of the figure. Two circuits, one of which I designate as an armature circuit and the other asa field circuit, are thus completed. The armature circuit is practically alwavs closed, a-nd is in part identical with the field circuit,'but for the sake of clearness I will trace these circuits separately.

The armature circuit is as follows: dynamo S. positive bus bar, left blade of switch S wire S positive ring (sectors of transmitter t in turret A, brushes 49, 49*, (see Fig. 6) sector t wire S to armature windin r of turret A, wire 3*, wire S, right Another wire S is connected- 'with the armature winding 1, and extends 6 (see Fig. 6) in turret A, brushes 49, 49"

carried by switch arm 53, and through these brushes to sector 6, wire 0' to field magnet '9 cf the receiver in turret A, omnibus ring 01., to fieldmagnets 71. and e; here dividing between two wires thence following the two wires 2;, w respectively to two sectors 27,

t brushes 49 4:9 thence uniting in brush 49, next entering negative ring and following wire S ,'wire S right blade'of switch S negative busbaryback to dynamo S. This circuit energizes thefield magnets g, h and c, and causes the revoluble armature to assume the position indicated at the middle left of Fig. 1, so that the indicating pointer controllable by said armature and geared thereto takes up a position coinciding with that of the turret *A. If, now, the turret A be turned very slightly, say in a clockwise direction, an appropriate mechanical indication is of course made in the same turret, and the armature circuit above remains unchanged. The slight shifting of the contact arm 52, however, makes a correspond- -ing change in the field circuit so that the ing continued a little farther,-th field cir-.

latter now includes the field magnets gg and the onedesignated as h, and the armature turns slightly in a clockwise direction. The movement of the transmitter shaft becuit is again altered, .so as to exclude the magnet g and to includethe magnet h next at the left of the magnet 11. This process is repeated indefinitely within the limits of travel allowed for the revoluble arm of the transmitter and the armature. The armature is thus rotated step by step, each step being measured byhalf the distance from the center of one field magnet 'to the center of the neXt-. First,'adjacent to the northseeking pole of the armature a single field magnet is energized, while adjacent to the. south-seeking pole two of-the field magnetsare together energized, the current flowing :through them in parallel; next one of these true no matter in which of two directions the rotation may take place,

When turret A is turned ,.the mechanical indicator M and the eleotric'transmitter t of this turret are actuated, and an approx1- mate indication is made by'the receiv'err of the turret Afthe several circuits thus af-.

fected' each having its counterpart among the circuits above discussed. In order, theregt fore, for the operator either turret to ascertain whether or not his gun or 'guns may be trained and fired in a particular direction, it is onlynecessary for him to glance at his own indicator-sand he has'at 'once accurate information.

In Fig. 8 the. application of the system to three, adjacent turrets,- a center turret'and two outside turrets'is shown. I designate these'turrets as X, Y, Z. In this instance it.

is not necessary-that irulications of either ofthe' end' turrets should be made in the other end turret, for the reason that the outside turrets are usually such a distance from each other that they may be operated freely, and their guns fired without reference to the positions of the guns in the other turrets. But it is essential that the central turrets be operated with great care as respects each 7 outside turret. According to my invention as used in this instance, there is provided cators, one connected to a transmitter in in the central turret two receiving indione outside turret, and the, other similarly: connected to a transmitter in the other outside turret. I

I-find it convenient to combine jin-a s n:

gle indicating instrument shown in Fig. 9, the mechanicalindicator of the central tur-- ret and the two electrical indicatorsconetrollable by the other two turrets.- This combinational instrument is installed in the central turret, which I designateas -Y. The

two outside turrets I designate respectively as X and Z, and'in each of them is placed" an electric transmitter t and an electric indicator 1', combined in a single instrumeht, I

and also a mechanical transmitter and a mechanical indicator. Each turret X, Z,

has therefore an equipment like that of either turret of the two-turret system above described. The transmitter 25 in turret. X communicates with the electric indicator R in; turret this indicator being,- except for its combinational structure indicated in Fig. 9, identical with the indicator-1" shown in Fig. 1.

.119 Thetransmitter t in' turret Z communicates with an' indicator R fT'tHI'f' ret Y, this indicator, except for its envlronment, being similar to the indicatorrshown Y in Fig. l. The-t-ransmitter T of turret Y r, 1",.located-respectivelylin turrets X and Z, these two receivers correspondlng in structure to the receivers 1-, 1" shown in Fig.

2. .The mechanical indicator M is disposed in the middle of the casing, as will be undercommunicates with each of the-receivers stood from Fig. 9, butis otherwise identical in structure with the mechanical indicator above described, and by the 'rotation'of the turret in which it. is located'is' similarly controlled by a mechanical transmitter, also identical instructure and-action, with those already described. The .equipment of the';;"; turret Y therefore differs from thatof other turrets mainly in the fact that in turret Yjso turret X, and the indicator R in the tur-' ret Y, and the wiringobetween the transmitter .5 in the turret Z, and the indicator R, in the turret Y, is closely analogousto the wiring shown'in Fig. l and above described with reference to the two-turret system. I

do not deemit necessary, therefore, to furgo ther describe this part of the wiring shown in Fig. 3. 'Suflice it to say that the trans mitter controls the indicator R, and that the transmitter't controls the indicator R, in the same manner that the two transmit- 25 ters of the two-turret system control the corresponding indicators thereof. Since, however, the transmitter T- controls two separate indicators 1' and r, located in separate turrets, and is connected therewith by. two separate groups of wires, 1 will describe these parts more particularly.

A- dynamo for supplying power to allof the wiring of the three-turret system is shown atV, and connected with it is a positive bus bar 1; and a negative bus bar '0 Connected with these bus bars is a two-blade switch o Leading to the left from the two blades of this switch are two wires c 0. A wire '0 is connected to'the wire '0 4c and lcadsto oneof the sectors t of the transmitter T in turret Y. A wire c is connected with a wire qfi-and leads to the sector t of said transmitter. A wire t is connected with a sector 5* and with the wind- 15 ing 9* ofthe armature a of the indicator '1 in the turret Z. Froin this winding r a wire '2) leads back and is connected with the 'wire of The various magnets g, h, e of the two indicators 7* and r are connected by separate wires with approximate sectors of the transmitter T, substantially in the same manner that the analogous parts are Connected in Fig. 1. Other magnets of the indicators 1', 1", are for convenience here dos ignated as aka and c Connected with the magnet a of the indicator 7' is a wire n, which leads to a sector 25. A wire at leads from the magnet a of the indicator 7 to a sector of the taumsmittcr T. A wire (50 a, leads from the magnet a of the indicator 7" to the sector 25 of the transmitter '1. Connected with the wire w, is a wire to, which leads toa sector 25 Two other wires w w are similarly connected with other lwires, and with sectors i and t Connect of the sectors 26, t

ed with the wire at, is a wire as, which leads to one of the sectors Other wires W, m are'connected in a manner similar to that of the wire at and lead respectively totwo .A wireh? is connected withthe magnet a of the indicator? and also with a. wire o the latter leading to a sector i Other wires, such as w, m, as, m", 03 00", m and ca connect various sectors with wires leading tomagnets of the indicator r. Awnre e extends from a sec tor t to the armature a of the indicator 1", and-a wire o extends from this'arma-ture to a wire a, the latter being connected with the wire A number of wires such as '0 30 n '2)" are connected respectively with mag nets a a a of the indicator 1, and as shown are in metallic communication with various sectors or with Wires leading thereto, as the case may be, of the indicators 9", r is con- 5 nected with some one of, the sectors of the transmitter T. l

I will now tracesoineof thecircuits for the wiring just described. Assuming that for the inoment the transmitter T. is in the condition indicated, one circuit is as follows: dynamo 'V, positive bus bar n, deft blade of switch o wire '0, wire- 1 sector ring t of transmitter T, brush 49 .(see Fig.

-6), brush 49, sector t wire 1), armature winding r of indicator r, wires of, v right hand blade of switch o bus bar U2, back to dynamo V. This circuit energizing the armature at of the indicator '1" and; confers polarity upon said armature, which remains magnetized-at all times while the system is in use. Another circuit may be traced as follows:' dynamo V bus bar 0), left blade of switch '0 wiresw ut, sector (5*, brushes 49 49", a sectora wires on, w, magnet a of indicator 7-, ring minagncta, wires '0 0 sector brush 49, brush 49 sector 2?, vire 11?, wires '0, 11 right hand blade of switch 1 negative bus bar '0 to dynamo V. I Another circuit, identical in part with the one just traced, is as follows: dynamo V, bus bar 1), left blade of switch c wires o w, sector zit-blushes 49 49, 49 49, a sector i connecting wire to a sector 15? not now engaged by a brush) wires :0, m, magnet a, ring 02. magnet (1 wires to. o sector Z brush 419 brush 49 sector 5", wire 11.", wires" W. a right hand blade of switch '11-, negative bus bar '0 to dynamo V. These two cir cuits just traced energize the magnctsuflc? and (1.". and cause the armature a of the indicator i" to assume the position shown. ll

the rcvoluhlc member of the transmitter T be turned in either of two directions, the circuits are affected, and the armature turns in 2 a direction corresponding to the movement of the rcvo'luble member of thoswitch T. A. circuit affecting the armature of the indica tor '2' may be traced as follows: dynamo V,

bus bar v, left hand blade of switch '0 masses wires '0, a sector i wire e flarmature winding 1* od indicator 77, wires 4 21 part of wire; a right hand blade of switch v bus bar e be dynamo ,V. This circuit keeps the armature a magnetized. Another circuit afiiectmg the indicator?" is as follows:

dynamo V, bus bar a, left blade of'switch '0 wires :22, '0, sector tgbrushes 49?, 49*,

49, a. sector If, Wire f, magnet c -of re ceiver 1', ring n, magnet 64, Wire-e a sector t, brushes 49, 49, d9, sector It, Wires a, 11 right blade of switch 22 bus'bar e to -dynamo V. Another circuit of :the same series, identical in part with the one just ment oned, may be traced as follows: dynamo V, bus but a, left blade of switch a wires v", w sector. tt, brushes 4Q, 49", a

[sector 2? through'short connecting wire to a sector t (not now engaged by a brush) Wire 0", magnet a of receiver 7, ring n, magnet 14', wire 0 a sector 1?, brushes 49; 49*, d9,

a'sector t", wires '0 viright-blade of'switch c bus bar '0 to dynanio V.

I tem will operate as satisfactorily as the two-turret system, the principle of operation being substantially the same, for all that the system as organized is somewhat diii'erent. It should be evident from this and other considerations that this system may be appliedto more turrets than three;

In fact, my invention may be "given many H modified forms, without departing in .any

wise fron'i'its generic spirit, and I therefore desire to cover in the annexed claims all such modifications which fall within its scope. \Vhat I claim is: v r 1'. A turret tell-tale system comprising three t urrets,-a single transmitter in each turret operated by movement of the turret, two receivers in one turret, one receiver in each ofthe other two turrets, connections from the transmitter o't the turret having two receivers tothe receiver in each other turret, and connections from-the transmitter of each turrethaving one receiver to a sepa rate oneof the two receivers in the one turret.

2. A turret tell-tale system comprising three turrets, one central turret and two outside turrets, a single trans mitter in each: a turret operated by movement of the turret,

two receivers in the central turret, onereceiver in each ofIthe outside turrets, connecti'ons'from the transmitter of the central turret 'to the receiver of 'each outside turret,

time;irnmier eneirelg $1 9. tgasmiae of each outsideturret to one of the receivers of the central turret. v

'3. turret tell-tale system comprising three turrets, one central turret and two outside turrets, a singletransmitter oper-' ated by change of position of the turret in each turret, two position indicators in the central turret, one position indicator in each ofthe two outside turrets, connect ions from the transmitter 01. the central turret to theposition indicator of each outside tur= ret, andcounections fromthe transmitter of each outside turret to a position indicator of the central turret. 1

4'. A turret tell-tale systemcomprising three turrets, one central turret and two outside turrets, a single transmitter in each turret operated by movement'of the turret,

two receivers in the center turret, one reflceiver in each of the outside turrets; connections from the transmitter in the central turret to the. receiver in each outside turret, connections from the transmitters in the outside turrets each to a: receiver in the;

central turret, and means associated with the receivers otthe' central turret for indicating the position of the central turret.

5. A turret tell-tale system-"for three turrets comprising one central turret and two outside turrets, a transmitterin each turret operated by movement of the turret, two receivers in the central turret, one receiver in each of the outside turrets, connections from the transmitter of the central turret to the receiver of each outside turret, connections from the transmitter of each outside" turret to the receiver of the central turret ,-and mea'ns associated with the receivers of the central turret and operated by the centraltur- 6. A turret tell-tale system comprising ret, for indicating the position of that turret,

three turrets, a transmitter in each turret operated by movement of the turre.t, two rc-. ce vers' in one turret, one receiver 1n.,each of the other two tuI].tS,COI1I1Cl31OIlS trom the transmitter of the turret having two receivers to the receiver in each other, turret connections from the transmitter of one of the turrets having one receiver to the receiver in the one turret having two receiv ers, connections from the transmitter oi -the other turret having one receiver to the other receiver of the turret having two receivers, and means associated with each turret and with the receivers thereof for indicating the position of the turret.

-7. A. turret tell-tale system' comprising three turret-s, a transmitter in each turret operated by movement of the turret, two receivers in one turret, one receiver in each of the other two turrets, connections from the transmitter of the turret having'two receivers to the receiver in each other turret, connections from the transmitter of each, of the turrets having one receiver to a'sepanate receiver in the one turret having two re ceivers, and'a mechanical indicator associated with each turret and the receivers thereof for indicating the position of that turret with respect to the other. 7

8. A turret tell-tale system comprising two turrets, a. position indicator in each turret operated by its turret, a second position indicator in each turret, a transmitter in each turret synchronously movable with its containing turret, operating means between the turret and the transmitter, and inde pendent connections between each transmitter and the second position indicator in the other turret, each of said transmitters alone controlling its connected indicator.

9. A turret tell-tale system comprising two turrets, a position indicator in each turret, a transmitter operated by movement of the turret in each turret, independent connections between each transmitter and the position indicator in the other turret, and means in each turret operatedby movement of the turret and associated with the receiver in the turret for indicating the posi tion of that turret.

10. A turret tell-tale comprising two turrets, two position indicators in each turret, one each of said indicators operated mechanically by the movement of its contain.- ing turret for self-indication and the other ope 'ated electrically, a transmitter in each turret acti'zated positively by the movement of the turret for electrically operating the second indicator in the other turret, each i In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

FRANK W. WOO'I).

' Winesses; I

SALTJ W. LEVY, J os urn S u'r'rorz'. 

